We are delighted to announce the release of “Finding the Right Platform” (https://doi.org/10.17613/z27e-0z11), a crosswalk that compares 10 academy-owned and open-source publishing platforms commonly used in library and university press publishing. 

The crosswalk prompts users by asking them what kind of project they want to publish and what features they want. Our goal is to help librarians, publishers, and authors/researchers make a decision to further pursue one platform over another (or to identify and further research a smaller group of platforms that might be suitable for their projects). 

This 34-page, hyperlinked crosswalk includes at-a-glance feature comparisons for the following platforms 

• Fulcrum

• Humanities Commons

• Janeway

• Manifold

• Mukurtu

• Omeka

• Open Journal Systems (OJS)

• Pressbooks

• PubPub

• Scalar

The platform comparison features Hosting & Cost, Ingestion Options, Editorial Workflows, Interactivity, Archive & Preservation, Export Options, Discoverability, and Accessibility. Each platform also has its own one-pager that provides a more detailed description of the individual project and what it excels at. 

“Finding the Right Platform” is published under a CC-BY license on Humanities Commons. Please promote this crosswalk widely to interested parties, and let us know if you have any questions. 

Sincerely,

Corinne Guimont, Matt Vaughn, and Cheryl E. Ball